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Clubs & Organizations
Clubs & Organizations
Professional societies, trade associations, labor unions, cultural and religious organizations, and other groups of all types offer support to nonprofit organizations. The first step in accessing these resources is knowing your community well.
Corporations
Corporate Funding
A number of corporations and local businesses donate some of their profits or resources to nonprofit organizations. The business may give grants directly, or through a separate, company-sponsored foundation.
Unlike foundations, corporations do not exist to give money away. Their giving is often related to their business interests, to programs that benefit their employees or their families, or benefit the communities where the business is located.
Corporate Sponsorship Toolkit
The National Council of Nonprofits offers this useful toolkit review of things to consider when looking for a corporate sponsorship includes many useful links.
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy is the only international forum of business CEOs and chairpersons focused exclusively on corporate philanthropy. Their website offers insight into the motivation and practices of corporate giving programs through reports and other material.
Giving in Numbers: 2011 Edition
Trends in Corporate Giving
The 2011 Edition of Giving in Numbers is CECP’s seventh annual report on trends in corporate philanthropy. In this report, CECP not only presents a profile of corporate philanthropy in 2010, but also seeks to answer the pivotal question: How has corporate giving changed since the onset of the economic downturn?
Foundations
Foundations
A foundation is a nonprofit organization whose primary purpose it to give money (grants) to organizations for scientific, educational, cultural, religious, or other charitable purposes. It’s important to note that you can’t assume that an organization with the word foundation in its name is a grantmaker. Foundation is not a legal term, and is used by a variety of organizations. There are two major categories of foundations: private and public.
Sacramento Foundations
For Whom the Bell-shaped Curve Tolls
Why you must target your foundation proposals
In this article Martin Teitel, former foundation executive, shares his insights on why sending a few high quality proposals will ultimately bring in more funding.
Tool for Assessing Startup Organizations
What are funders looking for?
This booklet, published by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, aims to help funders assess a grant proposal from a startup nonprofit. It offers valuable insight to a new nonprofit about what a funder is looking for and what the organization needs to have in place.
Government
Government Funding
Government funding can come from city, county, state and federal agencies.
Grants.gov is your source to find and apply for federal grants. Learn more about Grants.gov and determine if you are eligible for grant opportunities offered on this site.
The state of California’s website offers information on available state grants.
Reforms for Federal Policies Relating to Grants
Henry Flood, The Grantsmanship Center’s Senior Advisor for Grant Administration has written two articles on this historic initiative “Reform of Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements Cost Principles and Administrative Requirements.” Henry is a leading expert on federal grants policy and has published more than 50 articles on grants and grant administration.